What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it. This proposal would transform manipulation machines, and maybe save democracy itself. A thought experiment worth considering.

An unelected billionaire is running the state through a shadow government without formal checks – the constitutional order, now, is largely window dressing

Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Wikenigma is a unique wiki-based resource specifically dedicated to documenting fundamental gaps in human knowledge.

James Harr, announced on social media that he planned to sell a deck of “Most Wanted CEO” playing cards, satirizing the infamous “Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards” introduced by the U.S. Government. He was then banned by Instagram, Tiktok, Paypal, Sho ...

There might not be a mysterious 'dark' force accelerating the expansion of the Universe after all.

Up to a third of the weight lost while taking weight loss jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro includes muscle and bone mass.

New calculations put the date much closer than we should be comfortable with

TikTok users who would normally leap at the chance to identify an alleged criminal are standing down during the manhunt for the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Also, did the Chinese government just hack it?

Elon Musk has turned X into a political weapon.

A new book sorts the myths from the facts in a comprehensive account of how the former president became the United States’ most powerful businessmen.

Did you know that some squirrels, otters and goats are capable of autofellatio?  And ferrets, macaques and dolphins can use rocks, plants and other objects as sex toys? 

From self-love, to disordered behaviour, and back again, how our perceptions of masturbation have changed over the course of history and why it's still linked to shame and confusion for some. Also — why do humans (and other animals) masturbate ...

The web’s collective memory is stored in the servers of the Internet Archive. Legal battles threaten to wipe it all away.

Moderators now need Reddit's permission to turn subreddits private, NSFW.

The results can be a bit creepy. Designing a human-inspired hand that can bend backward to pick up a broad range of objects and detach itself to crawl over to another firmly plants it inside the uncanny valley. If it didn’t look so much like a human ...

Animals can sleep on the wing, standing up, sitting in a tree or diving in the ocean. Many don't close their eyes, and some don't even have eyelids. Here are some of the strangest ways to snooze.